Politifact.com: Stories mentioning Glenn Grothmanhttp://www.politifact.com/personalities/glenn-grothman/Stories or blog posts about Glenn Grothman from Politifact.comen-usThu, 01 Jan 2015 05:00:00 -0500Beyond the Truth-O-Meter http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/article/2015/jan/01/beyond-truth-o-meter/At PolitiFact Wisconsin, we are known best, of course, for the Truth-O-Meter. Since our launch in September 2010, we have done more than 840 fact-checks on statements made by politicians and politically active groups (Some 176 this year alone). But we also do stories that aim to provide clarity and analysis. These articles (our most recent ones are here) might examine issues that don&rsquo;t easily lend themselves to a fact-check, or pull together a series of fact-checks that we&rsquo;ve done on a trending topic. We also offer the occasional In Context, a feature that gives context to a sound bite ... <a href="/wisconsin/article/2015/jan/01/beyond-truth-o-meter/">>>More</a>Thu, 01 Jan 2015 05:00:00 -0500http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/article/2015/jan/01/beyond-truth-o-meter/Our November High Five: Opposites attract (clicks)http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/article/2014/dec/01/our-november-high-five-opposites-attract-clicks/They are polar-opposite politicians. But President Barack Obama and newly elected Republican congressman Glenn Grothman had this in common in November: Items on the two men were the most-clicked on PolitiFact Wisconsin in the runup to and immediate aftermath of the November elections. Here&rsquo;s the High Five for November: 1. Obama made a September visit to Milwaukee to fire up Democrats. While here, he contended the national deficit has been more than cut in half on his watch. We rated that True. Thanks to income tax revenues rising and spending on emergency assistance dropping, America&rsquo;s deficit has fallen by more ... <a href="/wisconsin/article/2014/dec/01/our-november-high-five-opposites-attract-clicks/">>>More</a>Mon, 01 Dec 2014 14:06:04 -0500http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/article/2014/dec/01/our-november-high-five-opposites-attract-clicks/Conservative Congressman-elect Glenn Grothman -- his most provocative comments, In Contexthttp://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/article/2014/nov/17/conservative-congressman-elect-glenn-grothman-his-/During his 21 years as a Republican state lawmaker in Wisconsin, Glenn Grothman has been perceived either as an authentic conservative who speaks his mind with refreshing candor, or as a fringe character who makes extreme, often offensive, observations. He has been quoted saying the topic of homosexuality should not be discussed in sex education classes, the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday is &quot;an insult&quot; to taxpayers, people who use food stamps don&rsquo;t &quot;act as if they are genuinely poor,&quot; and so forth. Now, he&rsquo;s going national. In claiming the seat held for 35 years by retiring GOP U.S. Rep. ... <a href="/wisconsin/article/2014/nov/17/conservative-congressman-elect-glenn-grothman-his-/">>>More</a>Mon, 17 Nov 2014 06:00:00 -0500http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/article/2014/nov/17/conservative-congressman-elect-glenn-grothman-his-/Fact-checking the GOPhttp://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/article/2014/may/01/fact-checking-gop/Wisconsin&rsquo;s job growth in 2013 was the best since the 1990s? At least 70 percent of residents approve of the state&rsquo;s wildly controversial collective bargaining reform law? When Republicans ran Washington, they let the food stamp rolls skyrocket? We&rsquo;ve fact-checked some striking claims from Wisconsin Republicans in recent weeks. With the party holding its annual convention in Milwaukee on May 2 to 4, 2014, we decided to collect the latest ones. The keynote speaker at the convention is first-term Indiana Gov. Mike Pence. The former 12-year member of Congress has been mentioned as a potential GOP presidential candidate in 2016. ... <a href="/wisconsin/article/2014/may/01/fact-checking-gop/">>>More</a>Thu, 01 May 2014 05:00:00 -0400http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/article/2014/may/01/fact-checking-gop/